To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To deny; to disown.
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Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
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To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
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To empty.
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To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
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To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an…
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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.
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To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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Same as Squash.
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To recall; to summon again, as persons.
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To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
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To call or bring back; to recall.
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To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; t…
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Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
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